YPOCH.ERIS RADICATA. LONG-ROOTED 



LAWKWEED. 



IIYPOCFLERIS Lin. Gen. PL Syng. Polygamia jequalis. Recept. paleaceum. CaL fubimbricatus. 



Pappus plumofus. 

 Kail Syn. Gen. 6. Herbje flore composito natuea pleno lactescentes. 



HYPOCHaERIS radicata foliis runcinatis obtufis fcabris, caule ramofo nudo laevi, pedunculis fqua- 

 mofis. Lin, Sp. PL p. 1140. PI. Sueclc. n. yog. 



tlYPOCHiERIS foliis femipinnatis hirfutis, caule nudo, brachiato. Haller. Hi/I. p. 3. n. 3. 



ACHYROPHORUS radicatus. Scopoli. PL Cam. n. 987. 



HIERACIUM Dentis leonis folio obtufo majus. Bauhin. pin. 127. 



HIERACIUM longius radicatum. Lob. ic. 238. Gerard, emac. 298. Parkin/on. 790. Rati. Syn. long 

 rooted Hawkweed. 

 Hudfon. PL Angl. ed. 2. 

 Oeder. Fl. Dan. ic. 150, 

 Lightfoot PI. Scot. p. 443. 



RADIX perennis, craflitie digit! minimi, alte in terram 

 defcendens, albida, plerumque fimplex, lac- 

 tefcens. 



FOLIA radkalia, fupra terram expanfa, planiufcula, 

 obloiiga, obtufa, finuato-dentata, dentibus 

 fubobtufis, hirfuta, pilis fimplicibus, ereclis, 

 e punctis prominulis prodeuntibus, caulina 

 nulla. 



CAULES faspe plures ex eadem radice, pedales aut 

 bipedales, fuberecti, nudi, fquamis folum bre- 

 vibus, ovato-acutis, ciliatis, ad exortum ra- 

 morum inftructi, glaberrimi, glauci, fubftriati, 

 tenaces, folidi, ramofi. 



PEDUNCULI longi, fquamis paucis obfiti, verfus 



apicem paululum incraflati. 

 CALYX communis imbricatus, fquamis ovatis, acu- 



tis, glabris, apice rufis, carina ciliata pilis 



rigidulis. fig. 1. 



COROLLA Compofita, imbricata ; Corollulis herma- 

 phroditis, aequalibus, numerolis, Propria mo- 

 nopetala, ligulata, truncata, quinque-dentata, 

 tubo apice pilofo. fig. 2. 3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria; An. 



THERiE in tubum coalitse, flavae. 

 PISTILLUM : Germen ovatum ; Stylus filiformis, 



longitudine Staminum ; Stigmata duo, refiexa. 



SEMEN oblongum, rufum, ftriatum. fig. 5, 

 PAPPUS ftipitatus, plumofus. 



RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, palese long*, nitid*, 

 membranaceae, concava?. fig. 4. 



ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the little finger, 

 running deeply into the earth, generally fim- 

 ple, of a whitifh colour, and milky within. 



LEAVES next the root expanded on the ground, flat- 

 tim, oblong, obtufe, finuated and toothed 

 (the teeth bluntifh,) hirfute, the hairs fimpie, 

 upright, and proceeding from little promi- 

 nent points ; ftalk leaves none. 



STALKS often feveral from the fame root, one or two 

 feet high, nearly upright, naked, inftead of 

 leaves having only fhort, oval, pointed fcales, 

 edged with hairs at the fitting on of the bran- 

 ches, very fmooth, glaucous, fomewhat ftri- 

 ated, tough, folid, and branched. 



FLOWER-STALKS long, befet with a few fcales, 

 towards the top a little thickend. 



CALYX common to many florets, compofed of fcales 

 which are of an oval fhape, pointed, fmooth, 

 reddifh at top, the keel edged with ftifflfh 

 hairs, fig. 1. 



COROLLA Compound, the florets laying one over 

 another, hermaphrodite Florets equal and 

 numerous ; each Floret monopetalous, tubular 

 at bottom and fpreading at top, cut off at the 

 extremity and terminating in five teeth, the 

 tube hairy at top. fig. 2. 3. 



STAMINA : five Filaments, very fine; Antherje 

 uniting in a tube, of a yellow colour. 



PISTILLUM : Germen oval ; Style thread- ihaped, 

 the length of the Stamina ; Stigmata two, 

 turning back. 



SEED oblong, reddiih and finely grooved, fig. 5. 



DOWN ftanding on a foot-ftalk and featherv. 



RECEPTACLE chaffy, chaff long, mining, membra» 

 nous, and hollow, fig, 4. 



THIS- fpecies of Hypochteris receives its name of radicata from the length of its root, by which it is parti- 

 cularly diftinguiihed from the Leontodon autumnale Linn : or Hierachm radice fiuccifa of Bauhin, in its fructi- 

 fication it agrees with the Hypochceris glabra already figured, fize excepted, the fame membranous Pale<? 

 fo obfervable in that plant ferve equally to characterize the genus in this fpecies, which is altogether as com- 

 mon with us as the other is fcarce. 



It grows on dry_ Banks, alfo on Heaths, in Meadows and Paflures, and in the early part of the Summer 

 its bloflbms render it a very confpicuous plant in thofe fituations. 



In barren foils particularly on Heaths it is much fmaller than the plant here figured, but its hairinefs and 

 the fize of its bloflbms will always prevent its being miftaken for the Hypocharis glabra, 



